Air Force promotes more than 3,000 to captain

Nov. 7, 2013 - 06:00AM
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The Air Force announced the selection of 3,198 Line of the Air Force lieutenants for promotion to captain.

The selections, announced Nov. 7, are the result of the 2013C quarterly captain selection process for line captains.

The Air Force looked at 3,262 lieutenants for promotion and selected 98 percent of them. Of 3,051 lieutenants in the promotion zone, 3,014 were selected, or 98.8 percent. The Air Force selected 184 of 211 above-zone lieutenants, or 87.2 percent.